Comments on: Marathon Swimming http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/2008/08/19/marathon-swimming/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/2008/08/19/marathon-swimming/comment-page-1/#comment-97 admin Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:11:29 +0000 http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/?p=89#comment-97 Thanks for the information, Brendon. I made the correction. Technical accuracy is important when blogging. I saw some of the coverage of that racer, and was impressed. I wonder how much more her full leg has to work in order for her to keep up, more or less.... Thanks for the information, Brendon. I made the correction. Technical accuracy is important when blogging.

I saw some of the coverage of that racer, and was impressed. I wonder how much more her full leg has to work in order for her to keep up, more or less….

]]> By: Brendon Etter http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/2008/08/19/marathon-swimming/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Brendon Etter Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:56:12 +0000 http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/?p=89#comment-95 200 lengths of the pool. I believe a "lap" in a pool is down and back, whereas a "length" is just one wall to the other. Did you see the So. African woman who had lost half of her left leg? She finished only about 80 seconds behind the winner. I think she was 18th place. Pretty impressive considering she's minus a flipper. 200 lengths of the pool. I believe a “lap” in a pool is down and back, whereas a “length” is just one wall to the other.

Did you see the So. African woman who had lost half of her left leg? She finished only about 80 seconds behind the winner. I think she was 18th place. Pretty impressive considering she’s minus a flipper.

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